Una nueva interpretación del capricho Al Conde Palatino de Goya

  1. Mercedes Cerón-Peña 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Revista:
Hispanic Research Journal: Iberian and Latin American Studies

ISSN: 1468-2737

Any de publicació: 2022

Volum: 23

Número: 5

Pàgines: 413-429

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.1080/14682737.2023.2233288 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Altres publicacions en: Hispanic Research Journal: Iberian and Latin American Studies

Resum

A new interpretation of the print Al Conde Palatino, published by Goya in his Caprichos (1799) is proposed in light of the controversy between two Madrid-based physicians, Francisco Javier Balmis and Bartolomé Piñera, in the 1790s. Piñera’s disapproval of Balmis’s methods to treat venereal diseases was reported in contemporary newspapers. Goya’s image includes some of the elements mentioned by Piñera in his description of Balmis’s experiments, while his characterization of the physician as a quack doctor belongs to a well-established iconographic tradition altered to allude to Balmis’s specific circumstances. A comparison between the print and the drawing on which it is loosely based evinces Goya’s creative process and his sharpening and refining of the composition

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